diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 411be74..0b8f106 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ else :
     #
     #  TODO:  Decide if this is an issue or not.
 
-    configuration = Configure(baseEnvironment, config_h =  buildDirectory + '/l4/config.h')
+    configHPath = buildDirectory + '/l4/config.h'
+    configuration = Configure(baseEnvironment, config_h =  configHPath)
     configData = processCML2Config()
     arch = None
     platform = None
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ else :
     configuration.env['PLATFORM'] = platform
     configuration.env['SUBARCH'] = subarch
     baseEnvironment = configuration.Finish()
+    baseEnvironment.Append(configFiles = ('#' + configHPath,))
 
 ##########  Build the libraries ########################
 
diff --git a/loader/SConscript b/loader/SConscript
index cd6568e..b74316b 100644
--- a/loader/SConscript
+++ b/loader/SConscript
@@ -22,12 +22,21 @@ import subprocess
 
 Import('environment', 'images')
 
+def convertAddress(address):
+    '''Convert the string representation of the address given as parameter to a string representation of the
+    address without the top four bits set.  The issue here is that Python has a penchant for adding L to the
+    end to create a Python literal.  This is not wanted here.'''
+    value = hex(int(address, 16) - 0xf0000000)
+    if value[-1] in ['l', 'L']:
+        value = value[:-1]
+    return value
+
 def ksymToLds(target, source, env):
     symbols = ['break_virtual']
     with open(target[0].path, 'w') as asmFile:
         asmFile.write('''
 /*
- * %s autogenerated from %s
+ * %s autogenerated from %s.
  *
  * This file is included by the loader sources so that any
  * kernel symbol address can be known in advance and stopped
@@ -45,12 +54,18 @@ def ksymToLds(target, source, env):
 .global %s
 .type %s, function
 .equ %s, %s
-''' % (symbol, symbol, symbol, (hex(int(address, 16) - 0xf0000000))[:-1]))
+''' % (symbol, symbol, symbol, convertAddress(address)))
 
 def createKernelSFile(target, source, env):
     with open(target[0].path, 'w') as asmFile:
         asmFile.write('''
-/* This file defines kernel symbols extracted from the kernel image in their physical address */
+/*
+ * This file is autogenerated.
+ *
+ * This file defines kernel symbols extracted from the
+ * kernel image in their physical address.
+ */
+
 .include "%s"
 
 .section .kernel
@@ -104,10 +119,16 @@ def createLinkerScript(target, source, env):
             outFile.write(inFile.read().replace('__LINKER_ITEMS_EDIT_MARKER__', linkerItems))
 
 startAxfS = Command('start.axf.S', images[0], ksymToLds)
-kernelS = Command('kernel.S', [startAxfS] + images, createKernelSFile) # Order of dependencies is crucial here.
+
+#  In the following, it is crucially important that the order of the sources is as it is -- assumptions are
+#  made in the functions doing the processing.
+
+kernelS = Command('kernel.S', [startAxfS] + images, createKernelSFile)
 mainC = Command('main.c', ['main.c.in'] + images, createMainC)
 linkerScript = Command('linker.lds', ['linker.lds.in'] + images, createLinkerScript)
 
+##  TODO:  deal with the situation where there are other .c and .S files in the directory.
+
 objects = environment.Object(['arch.c' , kernelS, startAxfS, mainC])
 Depends(objects, environment['configFiles'])
 Depends(objects, images)